Low Serial Question

9999 or less

Okay, thanks for the info.

I like them really low myself.... like 00000030

Yeah, I don't understand why some people will pay many times their value, just because of the serial #. It makes no sense to me. They are interesting to collect, but they don't add much of a premium for my taste.

I agree wquinn,
And I don't understand it either. Same for the star notes, I don't pay any extra for them and will trade them or any "special" numbers off for notes of the same or better condition.

If I only collected "numbers" and "stars" I would have a very, very, small collection, in fact it would only be about five or six notes. Never paid a premium for any of them, not that some didn't ask for a premium but when they did I would ask, if you have something like that for a currency collector I'm interested in buying, but I don't collect currency numbers.

I collect currency and am trying to build my Silver Cert collection or whatever the note may be. If the dealer wants to make the sale he usually comes down out of the "stars" and puts a normal price on it, and of course I buy it.
Bill Collector

Hi Ceylon62,
I'm a firm believer in that "a person should collect what they like" no matter what it is, if it makes a collector happy they should do it, even if most other collectors think it's wrong or dumb. I guess there is really no wrong way to collect, but there seems to be a "normal way.

I think that the "normal" way to collect if there is a normal way, is like the old school coin collectors did it, with those guys they usually did it by year and mint mark.
And of course they are always trying to complete their coin albums because they don't look good with "empty" spots in them.

Most collectors that I know seem to want to build a complete collection of what ever their collecting, such as a Small Size FRN Denomination collection, most seem to go from the $ 1.00 up to the $ 100.00 and some will also go for the $ 500.00 and the $ 1000.00. When it's complete they may start a Gold Cert, Silver Cert, or a USN collection.

Or they may do it all at the same time like I did with my Small size currency collection. I only have a few modern late date notes to complete the collection, none of the late date notes that I need are worth much of anything above face value, but with me it's not a "whats the premium or value" it's about building my currency collection.

I guess it's a completion thing with Coins, Currency, and a lot of other collector items.

With collecting by serial numbers ( thank God there not on coins ) or stars, there is no way to complete a collection like that and most likely no one will ever have or complete a numbers or stars collection with any normal type of income, and most currency collectors that I've talked to seem to collect in some type of systematic, or again
"normal" way.

I've found that most dealers don't seem to like or care for collectors that have a system to their collecting, and are very happy with collectors that don't seem to collect in a systematic way, just a helter skelter way, it's very good for their business for a collector NOT to have a system of collecting as they can try an sell them most anything they may have for sale as long as can convince the buyer that it's "interesting".

Dealers, please don't take this the wrong way, I buy most of my currency from dealers, and the real ones know I'm telling it the way it is.

I got a big kick out of a post by a new collector on another forum that finely realized why a lot of the guys on that forum "helped" him make all the wrong choices with the coins and currency he was buying.
Regards
Bill Collector

For me the fact that an interesting serial collection will most likely never be complete is what is appealing. I know I cant run out of notes to find and there's always something interesting I hadn't thought about.